Electric vehicles are the future for everyone – except disabled people
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#3I think hydrogen fuel cells are the future if we can't make nuclear work.
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#4The automobile industry can do some amazing engineering. Examples: lowering emissions, increasing safety, and switching to electric engines. The main thing they need is some pressure from the public. Accessibility for disabled people is an engineering problem that the industry can solve if they feel enough pressure.
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#5Counter evidence: https://youtu.be/cuZYROM4Vrs
In fact, much of the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel is counter evidence for this claim, as Zack shows taking two electric bikes and welding them together for a seriously good and relatively inexpensive first pass at an “off road wheelchair”, and then ups the ante with his custom-designed “notawheelchair” a.k.a. “Rig”, and plenty of other videos with his lovely now-wife Cambry.
Now, if someone is dependent on staying in their electric wheelchair and they need a van with a lift or a ramp, then the current fleet of EVs aren’t very suitable for that. But I’m sure that situation will change. But claiming that there is absolutely no future in electric vehicles for disabled people is quite … disingenuous … at best.
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#6We’re not even in the “Model T era” of EVs yet. The landscape is still evolving and will become more available and accessible to more people.
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#7Counter evidence: https://youtu.be/cuZYROM4Vrs In fact, much of the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel is counter evidence for this claim, as Zack shows taking two electric bikes and welding them together for a seriously good and relatively inexpensive first pass at an “off road wheelchair”, and then ups the ante with his custom-designed “notawheelchair” a.k.a. “Rig”, and plenty of other videos with his lovely now-wi…
That’s got little to do with the article.
Their primary issue is EV’s have batteries in the floor. This is great for driving as it lowers the center of gravity and adds space for a frunk, but adding a wheelchair ramp etc becomes extremely difficult. It’s fixable, but significantly more expensive to deal with.
Charging cables are heavy and require precision making them difficult for many disabled people to use. Also few charging stations have been added to disabled parking spaces.
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#8Counter evidence: https://youtu.be/cuZYROM4Vrs In fact, much of the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel is counter evidence for this claim, as Zack shows taking two electric bikes and welding them together for a seriously good and relatively inexpensive first pass at an “off road wheelchair”, and then ups the ante with his custom-designed “notawheelchair” a.k.a. “Rig”, and plenty of other videos with his lovely now-wi…
>>But claiming that there is absolutely no future in electric vehicles for disabled people
You didn't read the article.
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#9Why do electric cars even need the format of a car? I can imagine a wheelchair that docks/undocks from the car to charge while driving.
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#10Most of the article is about the position of the battery, but this remark also seems very wrong:
"And the price tag will only go up with new technology."
Electric equivalents are predicted to be cheaper up front to buy soon, and already are cheaper in terms of TCO in many jurisdictions.
Electric vehicles seem generally easier to make modular and reconfigurable.